Amazon Q for Builders and Developers

This lesson explains how developers and builders can maximize productivity, efficiency, and performance using Amazon Q. Amazon Q integrates with several AWS services that builders and developers often use. This lesson will focus on Q’s integration with a few of those key services, including Amazon EC2, AWS Lambda, Amazon CodeWhisperer, Amazon CodeCatalyst, AWS Glue, and Amazon Redshift. 

Learning Objectives

By the end of this lesson, you will have a greater understanding of how to use Amazon Q as a builder, including: 

• How to work with Amazon Q in the AWS Console and an IDE
• How to use Amazon Q with Amazon CodeWhisperer
• How to use Amazon Q with data engineering services
• How to use Amazon Q with CodeCatalyst

Intended Audience

• Developers, data engineers, machine learning engineers, and other builders who are looking to embed and use Amazon Q in their workflows

Prerequisites

• Have a basic understanding of Amazon Q, including what it does and how it works
• Have an introductory level understanding of some of the services that Q integrates with, including Amazon CodeWhisperer, AWS Glue, Amazon Redshift, and Amazon CodeCatalyst
• Have a basic understanding of Amazon S3 and AWS Lambda
• For more information on some of these services, please see our existing content here: 
  • Amazon Q - Your Generative AI-Powered Assistant
  • Amazon CodeWhisperer: Generating Code With AI
  • Developing Serverless ETL With AWS Glue